---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gen. Contrs/Protect Info/Clarify Inj. Relief."
description: "Gen. Contrs/Protect Info/Clarify Inj. Relief."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 323"
citation: "North Carolina SB 323 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "CONSTRUCTION", "GENERAL CONTRACTORS BOARD", "INVESTIGATIONS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "SEN. HARTSELL", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-05"
last_action: "2003-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d92c92a-bd94-4684-9295-bbe61d848072"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S323&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "dbd3ec94d7f9ae346cbf175eadf8ff2b6d78a5387cbd3e2062b24a3e89663524"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 323 (2003) — Gen. Contrs/Protect Info/Clarify Inj. Relief.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S323v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S323v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S323v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S323v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S323v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-97** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S323v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2003-05-30** Ch. SL 2003-97 `became-law`
- **2003-05-30** Signed By Gov. 5/30/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-27** Pres. To Gov. 5/22/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-21** Ratified
- **2003-05-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-19** Placed On Cal For 5/20/2003
- **2003-05-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-22** Engrossed
- **2003-04-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-22** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-17** Placed On Cal For 4/22/2003
- **2003-04-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-04-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d92c92a-bd94-4684-9295-bbe61d848072`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).